{"id":5890,"date":"2011-11-21T18:06:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2011-11-21T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:06:16","slug":"scratch-theatre-arrives-at-milgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/21\/scratch-theatre-arrives-at-milgi\/","title":{"rendered":"Scratch theatre arrives at Milgi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Scratch That Itch theatre invites a new kind of audience participation<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5962\" title=\"Scratch That Itch Cardiff\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG.jpg\" alt=\"scratch that itch cardiff\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5962\" title=\"Scratch That Itch Cardiff\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG.jpg\" alt=\"scratch that itch cardiff\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/culture\u20137\u2013scratchtheatre\u2013Big_JG-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A performer during Scratch That Itch in Swansea in July (photo by Chris Hoyle)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new theatre night is coming to Cardiff, starting this Wednesday 30 November at Milgi Lounge.<\/p>\n<p>The free event, called Scratch That Itch, gives local performers the chance to showcase new material and receive feedback from supportive audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Having already garnered an enthusiastic following in Swansea, organiser Brent Morgan now feels confident about staging the event in the cosy setting of the Milgi yurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are surprisingly willing to give advice, especially when everyone hangs around in the bar afterwards!\u201d Brent claims.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences watch acts for up to ten minutes, and are then encouraged to talk about their responses with the performer.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cWhen you have ideas it is important to try them out and get feedback from others to see if an idea is worth pursuing or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scratch That Itch theatre invites a new kind of audience participation A new theatre night is coming to Cardiff, starting this Wednesday 30 November at Milgi Lounge. The free event, called Scratch That Itch, gives local performers the chance to showcase new material and receive feedback from supportive audiences. Having already garnered an enthusiastic following in Swansea, organiser Brent Morgan now feels confident about staging the event in the cosy setting of the Milgi yurt. \u201cPeople are surprisingly willing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":6047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1281,1282,627,1283,1284,638],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-brent-morgan","tag-frank-thomas","tag-milgi","tag-scratch-that-itch","tag-swansea","tag-theatre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scratch theatre arrives at Milgi - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/21\/scratch-theatre-arrives-at-milgi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scratch theatre arrives at Milgi - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scratch That Itch theatre invites a new kind of audience participation A new theatre night is coming to Cardiff, starting this Wednesday 30 November at Milgi Lounge. 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